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Jocelyn Sheets/Daily News Trevor Bayne (No. 6) comes down the backstretch at Iowa Speedway in last August’s NASCAR Nationwide Series race. Bayne won here last June in Nationwide Series action and is in Sunday’s Nationwide Get To Know Newton 250’s field. This weekend is the first of three in 2014 at Iowa Speedway.
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Start Your Engines Get To Know Newton 250, K&N Series race kicks off Iowa Speedway season
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CAR’s rising stars, including nine members of the 2014-2015 Wide-Opening NASCAR Next class. Weekend at Iowa The green flag drops Speedway is here. on the Casey’s General The 2014 racing seaStores 150 at 8 p.m. son at Iowa Speedway at the Speedway. The begins now. K&N race will be teleToday, NASCAR cast via tape delay, on Nationwide Series drivMay 24 at 7:30 a.m. ers are on the track for CT on FOX Sports 1. a “Day Early” — teams Being first is nothing are testing the track rare for Cole Custer as and their cars in prepahe looks for another ration for Sunday’s Get first in the Casey’s To Know Newton 250 General Stores 150. presented by SherwinThe 16-year-old Williams. Drivers have NASCAR Next driver — Iowa Speedway has four NASCAR three sessions of onPresident Jimmy Small K&N Pro Series wins track testing or “practice” today. to his credit in just 19 Saturday, Nation- just to prepare for this starts including one wide Series drivers will first weekend, what at Iowa Speedway in share practice runs on we’re calling our Wide- Newton last August. If Iowa Speedway’s 7/8- Opening Weekend, re- Custer can find his way mile track with the ally kick off NASCAR back the Pizza Ranch young up-and-coming ownership in our inau- Victory Lane Saturday, drivers of the NAS- gural weekend with a he’ll become the first CAR K&N Pro Series. bang. We have a num- two-time winner of the Late afternoon and ber of initiatives we’ve NASCAR K&N Pro evening gives way to been working on for Series East/West showthe qualifying for Sat- months and have been down event in its 10th urday night’s K&N Pro releasing information edition. Series’ Casey’s General about those for the last Ben Rhodes brings Stores 150 and Sun- few weeks. We can’t an 18-point lead over day’s Nationwide Se- wait for Saturday night fellow NASCAR Next ries’ Get to Know New- and Sunday afternoon. driver Gray Gaulding ton 250. We’re going to have an in the NASCAR K&N “We’ve been waiting absolute blast out here.” Pro Series East, while for this moment since The Casey’s Gen- Greg Pursley brings Dec. 12, which was our eral Stores 150 is NAS- a 10-point lead over formal announcement CAR’s K&N Pro Se- NASCAR Next driver last year heading into ries combo race The Brandon McReynolds the holiday season,” 150-lap event is an an- in the NASCAR K&N Iowa Speedway Presi- nual clash between the Pro Series West. dent Jimmy Small said. K&N Pro Series East RACE “We’ve been work- and West, and features See Page 5A ing hard ever since then a large group of NAS-
“We can’t wait for Saturday night and Sunday afternoon. We’re going to have an absolute blast out here.”
Wide-Opening Weekend activities kick off Saturday By Zach Johnson Daily News Staff Writer Wide-Opening Weekend will kick off tonight with the NASCAR Nationwide Test Laps and Horsepower Hour at the Iowa Speedway. The opening race weekend will feature multiple fan-focused events in addition to the races. The fan-focused events will include an up close look at the pre-race show, a classic arcade sponsored by Up-Down Arcade Bar in Des Moines, a mechanical bull named Piston, autograph sessions, a rock wall and a logo hunt game. There also will be a Monster Energy Jump Show, which will feature talent that has performed across the world using motorcycles, four-wheelers and snow mobiles. “Everything you have seen on the X-Games will be what your going to experience during this jump show,” Monster motorcyclist Heath Frisby said. “These guys have performed across the world doing what they love.” This jump show was unique to Frisby, but his passion for anything with a motor in it, and he said he is excited about the event. “It’s a very unique event for us to perform at NASCAR races,” Frisby said. “It’s truly an honor to perform for the fans of NASCAR and Iowa Speedway.” After the race on Saturday, Montgomery Gentry will take the stage for a post-race concert. The country music duo is made up of Troy Gentry and Eddie Montgomery. The duo has sold millions of albums, sold out shows and have won multiple awards since the group burst onto the scene in 1999. The group’s claim to fame has been singing for the blue collar workers as described on the website of Montgomery Gentry. The fan-focused events will kick off on Saturday and finish up on Sunday. Staff writer Zach Johnson may be contacted at (641) 792-3121, ext. 425, or at zjohnson@newtondailynews. com.
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Zach Johnson/Daily News NASCAR NEXT Drivers Gray Gaulding, Dylan Kwasniewski and Brandon McReynolds signed autographs for the students of Aurora Heights elementary school’s PTA Fun Night. The theme of the fun night was Sock Hop. Students danced to classic ’60s music, and the event had a “best” dressed and multiple hula hoop contests. The fun night also had a silent auction where each of the classes made an auction grab bag.
The Newton City Council meeting Monday might will include a second consideration of adding the delinquent ambulance service fees. The first consideration was presented at the May 5 council meeting. Newton Fire Department Chief Jarrod Wellik stated that the additional delinquent ambulance service fees of 25 percent are currently coming out of the fire department budget and the delinquent fees will save the department money. The first consideration passed unanimously. COUNCIL See Page 5A